I kept my last name “Smith”. My husband kept his “Jones”. My kids got their own first name and Smith as a middle name and Jones as a last name (no hyphens). This is also helpful for paperwork purposes because my id still matches their birth certificates and school records. And they get a piece of my heritage. It’s not…

Of course it's anecdotal. But there are complaints that doctors decide in advance what is best for the patient and don't take individual patient needs into account. I wanted to point out an example of a midwife doing the same thing. There's no perfect group of caregivers. And I don't find the article very balanced.

My sister’s midwife was terrible and ignored mutiple red flags throughout a two day labor process which nearly resulted in the death of my sister and her baby. The midwife and nurse high fived each other at the end of the birth for making it through the most complicated labor they’d ever done. Reading up on the…